The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 814

Behind the gate of Zhen's mansion, a middle-aged man in fancy clothes looked a little embarrassed, but he still maintained his posture. There were a few soldiers dressed as soldiers standing beside him, but Neither held a weapon.

"There are some matters in the inner house that are being dealt with. I didn't open the door in time. I neglected the Shangguan. Please forgive me."

The middle-aged man collected himself, stepped out of the gate, faced Zhao Ji, and said respectfully.

The situation is stronger than the people, and he is very clear that this time the Ming army has already moved for real.

Outside the mansion, the rows of crossbows and the forest of long spears all frightened him. If it wasn't for someone helping him, he might have fallen to the ground.

Zhao Ji glanced sideways at the middle-aged man who opened the door to greet him, and then moved his eyes away from him. He raised his hand and hooked it to the side.

An Eagle Wolf Guard Qianhu wearing a red wolf uniform stepped forward, took out a document from his arms, walked up to the middle-aged man, unfolded it for him to look at.

"This is a driving post, issued by the Ministry of Justice. We are following the decree of the Taoist Lord to investigate and correct illegal activities. Please cooperate."

"I, the Eagle Wolf Guard, have the right to act cheaply. Anyone who dares to resist will be killed on the spot. I hope that Mrs. Zhen can cooperate with me in enforcing the law."

"Don't dare...don't dare..."

The middle-aged man in Chinese clothes was sweating uncontrollably on his forehead, even if he kept wiping it with a towel, it was still hard to stop.

Zhao Ji turned his head and whispered a few words to a Qianhu official beside him.

The eagle wolf guards outside the mansion reacted quickly.

The actions of the Eagle Wolf Guards did not sound like whistles and drums like the soldiers of the regular army of the Ming army, and they acted according to the drums and whistles.

They often communicate with each other with gestures. Although they also have whistles, they are only used on specific occasions.

The first eagle wolf guards to enter Zhen's mansion were Tiqi holding swords and shields, followed by Tiqi holding a knife in one hand and a crossbow in the other, and finally Yinglangwei Tiqi holding a crossbow .

After nearly ten years of development, the Eagle Wolf Guard already has a complete set of training methods.

They did not train large-scale battle formations like ordinary troops, but conducted small-scale military formations, small-scale fighting training between mansions and lanes.

Even for weapon training, the eagle wolf guards mostly use short soldiers, supplemented by bows and crossbows.

"The outer wall has been controlled by our department. The crossbowmen of Weizhong have controlled the position of the outer wall and can monitor the entire Zhen's mansion. At present, there is no change in the Zhen's mansion. Our department is controlling all parts of the mansion in an orderly manner. "

Zhao Ji listened to the reports from the hundreds of household officials who came forward to report the news, and nodded slightly to indicate that he heard.

"Continue to monitor, if there is anything wrong, immediately fire an arrow to warn."

Today's Eagle Wolf Guard is constantly developing and is gradually becoming more formal, and the laws of Taiping Dao are gradually improving the relevant regulations.

If it was the former Eagle Wolf Guard, they would not show their driver's sticker at all, they would rush open the gate of the mansion, immediately control everyone, and then read out the crimes, arrest the criminals directly, and send them to the government office for trial.

The change of the Eagle Wolf Guard is not just an exception. Ming Ting now has rules and regulations in the three provinces and six ministries, and it is no longer as chaotic as before.

The "Taiping Dao Law" originally compiled according to the Han law is also being continuously improved, and many new laws and regulations have been added. Here are the laws and regulations restricting the eagle and wolf guards.

The current power of the Eagle Wolf Guard is indeed too great. Xu An knows very well what will happen if the power of a spy agency like the Eagle Wolf Guard is too great. After all, there have been bloody examples in later generations.

Only by putting power in a cage and strengthening the restriction and supervision of power can power run on the right track and ensure that power is exercised correctly and will not be abused.

If you don't follow the rules, you can't make a square.

The Zhen family's mansion in Yecheng was not too big, and soon the Eagle Wolf Guards investigated all the dangers in the entire Zhen family's mansion.

And during the investigation period, whistles were constantly ringing from all over Yecheng. The whistles were peculiar. They were not the whistles of the Ming army, but the exclusive whistle of the Eagle Wolf Guard, which represented the completion of the mission.

Zhao Ji didn't feel too much about the whistle that kept ringing. After all, it was just a group of powerful families who had lost their minions. How could any accident happen? There are thousands of wolf guards in Yecheng, and tens of thousands of soldiers. Pawns are not for eating.

"All the important members of the Zhen family were gathered in the main hall of the mansion, and the rest of the people were detained by our department on the right side of the inner house, and their family members and women have also been controlled by our department."

Yinglangwei Qianhu, who led the team into Zhen's mansion, came out and reported to Zhao Jibao.

"Then go in..."

Zhao Ji nodded and was about to take a step, but suddenly thought of something.

Zhao Ji stopped, bowed slightly, offered his hands, and saluted a middle-aged scribe standing beside him.

"I'm sorry for your impoliteness. The Daoist Lord appointed the judge to be in charge of this case. I'm just assisting you. Please enter the mansion first."

The middle-aged scribe standing next to Zhao Ji is the judge who is currently serving as the procurator of Jizhou's punishment.

Xu An traveled the promise, let Yuan Shang go, and made Yuan Shang the Marquis of Wei.

However, Yuan Shang also lost his freedom because of this. He could only move around Pingyang City, northeast of Ye City, and was not allowed to go out without authorization.

The judge's expression changed slightly, and his eyes sank slightly.

He is very clear that as long as he takes this step, he will bear the hostility of the powerful families in the whole Hebei.

He even received hostility from the powerful families all over the world...

Xu An gave Yuan Shang an amnesty, and this amnesty needs to be paid a sufficient price in exchange for it.

This is an exchange, and persuading capitulation and maintaining stability is one of the costs.

Another price that needs to be paid by the trial is that he has to stand with Taipingdao from now on.

This time the public trial is not just about the Eagle Wolf Guard. The public trial in Hebei will be held jointly by the Procuratorate of the three prefectures, the Eagle Wolf Guard, and officials from the Ministry of Justice.

The judge did not make a sound, he looked up at the door plaque above the gate of Zhen's mansion, and his emotions did not fluctuate much.

Mrs. Zhen was looking for her own death. When Xu An asked him to thoroughly investigate Mrs. Zhen, he secretly sent a letter asking Mrs. Zhen to take out the money and food from the hidden warehouse and hand it over.

As long as [-]% is handed over, the Zhen family can basically guarantee that they will not be too deeply affected and punished too severely in this public trial.

But the Zhen family didn't know whether to live or die. According to the investigation of the Eagle Wolf Guards, the Zhen family concealed a full [-]% of the secrets. There must be some secret warehouses that have not been found out, and I am afraid there will be more.

"I really don't know whether to live or die..."

The judge's eyes were slightly sharp, if Zhen Shi would listen to him, he wouldn't be in such a dilemma.

Handing over [-]% of all property was a condition set when the Zhen family took the initiative to take effect. If the Zhen family really strictly enforced it, then the public trial would only arrest those members of the Zhen family who had committed crimes by rampaging in the countryside, bullying the market, and committing crimes.

However, Zhen believed that the secret warehouse would not be discovered, but in the end he reaped the consequences.

The trial match was in the front, Zhao Ji was in the back, and the two walked into Zhen's mansion one after the other.

At this time, in the main hall of the Zhen's mansion, all the elders in power of the Zhen's clan showed fear on their faces.

But it was too late for them to realize their fear until now.

"Examination Taiwei..."

As soon as Shenpei entered the main hall, the old patriarch of the Zhen family hurried forward to talk to Shenpei, but before he could approach, he was stopped by the eagle wolf Wei Tiqi who was guarding Shenpei.

"This official is the procuratorial envoy of Jizhou, following the decree of the Taoist monarch, to try the case of Zhen's embezzlement and perverting the law."

Shenpei and Zhen's patriarch quietly opened a distance, and said indifferently.

He has done the utmost of benevolence and righteousness to Zhen Shi, but it is no fault of Zhen Shi to seek his own death.

Seeing the demeanor of the judge, and the murderous Yinglangwei Tiqi who poured into the hall, all the members of the Zhen clan in the hall were ashamed.

"Shangguan, I, the Zhen family, took the initiative to join, and I have the merit of dedicating the city and the land... Those who said that they took the initiative at the beginning can be punished according to the circumstances..."

They still wanted to talk to Zhao Ji, but Zhao Ji raised his hand and interrupted their words.

"Indeed, those who take the initiative can reduce their punishment as appropriate."

"So the conditions we gave are to hand over [-]% of the property, [-]% of the land, all mines, forest farms, and lakes."

"But in the end we found out that you only handed in less than [-]%."

Zhao Ji beckoned lightly, and the eagle wolf Wei Tiqi came in with documents in hand, and they delivered the documents one by one to the stewards of the Zhen clan in the hall.

The noise in the hall disappeared quickly, and slowly fell silent.

"Since everyone thinks that I am incompetent, and you are thinking of luck, then don't blame me for being merciless when I check it out."

Zhao Ji's expression was slightly stern, and his sharp eyes swept across the people in the lobby.

After meeting Zhao Ji's gaze, all the members of the Zhen clan in the hall lowered their heads involuntarily, terrified in their hearts.

"Take people according to the list on the driver's sticker, and no one is allowed to escape."

Zhao Ji paused, glanced at the trial match, and said lightly.

"By the way, order the engineering team to dig down five meters in all parts of Zhen's mansion to find out if there are any hidden cellars."

Zhao Ji's words made all the members of the Zhen clan in the hall panic, and they also noticed Zhao Ji's eyes.

It was also because of the explanation of the trial match that Zhao Ji knew where many powerful families hid their treasures.

Relying on some clues provided by the judges, the Eagle Wolf Guard even found a lot of hidden warehouses and a lot of money in Bingzhou and Zhongzhou, among the old sites of many powerful families that had been seized.

Zhao Ji's voice fell, and the eagle wolf Wei Tiqi, who was pointing at the driver's sticker, had already entered in a file, and arrested all the elders of the Zhen family in the lobby, their hands were tied behind their backs, and handcuffed, and then More Eagle Wolf Wei Tiqi walked towards the inner house.

Zhen Yan's face was a bit embarrassed, a eagle wolf Wei Tiqi in blue clothes had already walked up to him, he kept thinking about what Zhen Mi told him before, and now he can only treat a dead horse as a living horse.

Zhen Yan stepped out of the crowd and raised her voice.

"I'm Zhen Yan, I've met the governor."

Zhao Ji naturally also heard Zhen Yan's voice, he looked sideways at Zhen Yan, and at the same time waved away Ti Qi who wanted to arrest Zhen Yan.

"Do you have anything to say?"

Zhen Yan gritted her teeth, as if she had made up her mind.

"It's really too late to talk about these things now."

"I, the Zhen family, are willing to donate all the property and property of the clan, including the property in the secret treasury of the clan, and obey all the arrangements of the court, but I hope that a little bit of guilt can be alleviated."

"We know that there must be some people in the clan who do illegal things and run rampant. However, the clan is huge, with a large population, difficult management, and heavy affairs. Such incidents are unavoidable for all clans in the world."

"I am not explaining this for the sake of getting rid of the crimes of the people in the clan. It is reasonable for the eunuch to pursue the perpetrators, and our clan should also take responsibility. I just ask the eunuch to handle it according to the circumstances and be considerate."

"Previously the world was in turmoil and famine, and the people were forced to sell pearls and jade fields to survive. We will use grain vibration to give to our relatives and neighbors as a favor."

At this moment, Zhao Ji finally looked straight at Zhen Yan.

Zhen Yan did not lie about this matter, what Zhen Yan said happened last year.

Last year, the battle between the Wei army and the Han army became more and more urgent. Yuan Shao collected money and food from various places, and all places were affected.

Zhen's opened her own granary at that time, and distributed the grain in the granary to many villagers for free, allowing them to survive the difficult year.

However, it was reported that the person who first proposed to distribute the food was not the elders of the Zhen family in charge, but Zhen Mi, who was only a little over ten years old.

"In today's chaotic world, if you buy more treasures, it's not a crime for a man to have a jade, but it's a crime for you to conceive a biscuit. And both the left and the right are starving, so it's better to give the grain to your relatives and neighbors, and it's a big favor."

Zhao Ji narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Every man is innocent, but pregnant is a crime..."

He remembered that Zhen Mi seemed to be a member of the Zhen clan who was engaged to Yuan Xi.

"A merit is a merit, a fault is a fault, we will naturally deal with it as appropriate."

Zhao Ji thought for a moment, then said.

"However, if you are willing to donate the property in the secret treasury, I can promise to alleviate your crimes as appropriate, but if there are still concealments, don't blame me."

Many things that the Eagle Wolf Guard found were also extremely limited. If Mrs. Zhen is willing to take the initiative to hand them over, it's not like she can't let it go.

In the three caves of the cunning rabbit, Mrs. Zhen must have hidden a lot of things. It is always good to have more.

What's more, Xu An didn't want to really destroy the Zhen family.

After all, the Zhen family is a high school in Jizhou, if it is really punished too much, it will inevitably cause panic among other powerful families in Hebei, and unnecessary riots will occur.

……

After the decree to investigate the crime was issued, the time was unified, and all regions acted almost on the same day. This time the public trial included most of the powerful families in Hebei.

Some people wanted to resist and abscond, but without exception, they were all calmed down quickly and arrested.

The Eagle Wolf Guard has been preparing for such a long time, and even has troops in various places to assist, how could it be possible to dislike the storm.

Those who turned over their property as required were naturally safe, while those who stole, raped and played tricks were severely punished.

Waiting for the fate of those who steal, rape and play tricks is to leave Hebei and be exiled to the northern Xinjiang province, where they graze and survive, and open up northern Xinjiang for the country.

(End of this chapter)